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Suddenly moonlight wasn't enough. She moved quickly, flint rocks sparking in the suffocating darkness. Candlelight offered little reprieve from the shadows but enough that breath came evenly again.
She fell into the familiar rhythm, following the breathing exercises she'd watched Zuko teach Aang years ago on Ember Island; the familiarity as comforting as her friend's presence had been.
Terror bled away with each calming breath. She recalled Zuko saying power in firebending came from the breath. She'd used the technique against Azula, waterbending through breath, allowing her to win the Agni Kai and defeat-
Koh.
She'd already beaten him once.
